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huskysupporter said:
I think it’s in geographic footprint and UCONN has landed some fantastic players there.
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I agree... we've just been losing a lot as an entire team (coaches included).. Canada is still a fertile ground for football
 
While I agree that Corey could be valuable especially for recruiting...I think he has to go. You don't want to risk a divided locker room. You can feel confident that Spanos or Mazzone would be loyal to Mora. Can you feel the same with Corey?

I think it's too risky. Sucks for Corey, but that's what happens when you work for your dad and he is fired.
 
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I'm not saying yes or no on Spanos, but let's leave that up to Mora and DB. Lets not pretend there is a compelling case for keeping him beyond his knowledge of the personnel. Our defense has been bad and overmatched.
 
Buffett10 said:
The people that want to keep spanos and his crap defense for continuity or because the kids like him are idiots. His defense is giving up 38 ppg but hey the kids like him so we gotta keep him. Give me a break
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I am not saying keep Spanos and or hire Mazzone...but it wouldn't be the worst idea considering their history with Mora.

My concern would be recruiting. I didn't remember hearing spanos's name a lot with commits. They love him when they get here....but does he have the fire to get them here?

Not sure about that.
 
Buffett10 said:
The people that want to keep spanos and his crap defense for continuity or because the kids like him are idiots. His defense is giving up 38 ppg but hey the kids like him so we gotta keep him. Give me a break
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I might not have said it so succinctly, but I’m inclined to agree with this viewpoint.
 
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ShakyTheMohel said:
My concern would be recruiting. I didn't remember hearing spanos's name a lot with commits. They love him when they get here....but does he have the fire to get them here?

Not sure about that.
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Exactly. Normally I would say Spanos should be jettisoned simply because the defense has been horrific. But he has had success with Mora at UCLA so would understand why he might be retained, but it absolutely 100% should not be as defensive coordinator.

UCONN is a tough place to attract talent - you need all hands on deck, the best recruiters available should be hired.

“It’s not about the X’s and O’s, it’s about the Jimmys and Joes” - Bear Bryant
 
businesslawyer said:
Also, while I’m not big on comparing one situation to another, having a coordinator here because of a prior relationship reminds me too much of a problem that caused 11 years ago.
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And there is that too.
 
businesslawyer said:
Also, while I’m not big on comparing one situation to another, having a coordinator here because of a prior relationship reminds me too much of a problem that caused 11 years ago.
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I mean if this is the top items in the con column, DB hit it out of the park.
 
I'm not going to pretend to know if Spanos is any good or not as I don't know enough, I'm just an armchair internet warrior who never played the game. To just look at the numbers may not be enough and, as we've all seen, stats can be made to say anything to support or disprove a point. With the offense often not on the field much, that puts more pressure on the D. Maybe we're young and inexperienced. Looking at the Clemson 2 deep, I see 2 freshman, 2 sophomores, 6 juniors and 1 senior. Not bad, but a couple young spots. The freshman are at the safety spot. Maybe the safeties coach or the linebackers coach or d-line coach stinks. I have no idea.
A long way of saying, if Mora knows Spanos and believes he's the right man for the job, who am I to say otherwise? I will trust his judgement until I have reason not to, like when we all soured on GDL and how most if not all of us feel about Giufre.
 
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huskysupporter said:
So we know Mora has ties to Mazzone and Spanos, I think it’s a given both are on the staff next year.

Now Mazzone has ties with John Marinelli, former Greenwich High head coach. Marinelli was assistant qb coach at Arizona under Kevin Sumlin and now is an analyst with Illinois. He needs to be brought back to CT - he can be the qb coach. He knows Fairfield County and can be the lead CT recruiter.
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Yes please!!!
 
ShakyTheMohel said:
While I agree that Corey could be valuable especially for recruiting...I think he has to go. You don't want to risk a divided locker room. You can feel confident that Spanos or Mazzone would be loyal to Mora. Can you feel the same with Corey?

I think it's too risky. Sucks for Corey, but that's what happens when you work for your dad and he is fired.
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Outside of what you mention here, my issue with Corey is that we really know how good our TE's actually are. They're so under utilized that I don't think we can make a judgement one way or the other.
 
#1 PA Husky Fan said:
The staff that he puts in place and the early recruiting results will make or break the hiring of Jim Mora. Does Spanos stay as DC? Mazzone comes on as OC? Does Corey, our best recruiter, stay? Who else makes sense? I can’t wait to see how this plays out.
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The early recruiting results will make or break the hiring of Jim Mora? Sorry but that is just wrong. Most kids sign in December now. Mora won't be officially the coach until the end of the month. Outside of trying to keep the remaining class in the fold, who exactly is he going to pull to a 1 win team with no prior relationship and about 2-3 weeks to build one? The only way you can begin to judge Mora is after the second signing day for the 2023 class. Even more important will be how he fares with the portal after this and next season. As for Corey Edsall. Meh. His recruiting prowess is overblown on this board. He's like the skinniest fat person. Only good by comparison. JMO but I'd want all connections to Edsall cut unless they have prior ties to Mora.
 
Ldandy said:
The early recruiting results will make or break the hiring of Jim Mora? Sorry but that is just wrong. Most kids sign in December now. Mora won't be officially the coach until the end of the month. Outside of trying to keep the remaining class in the fold, who exactly is he going to pull to a 1 win team with no prior relationship and about 2-3 weeks to build one? The only way you can begin to judge Mora is after the second signing day for the 2023 class. Even more important will be how he fares with the portal after this and next season. As for Corey Edsall. Meh. His recruiting prowess is overblown on this board. He's like the skinniest fat person. Only good by comparison. JMO but I'd want all connections to Edsall cut unless they have prior ties to Mora.
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The title of the thread is Assistant Coach Search. The hiring of the staff he has 100% control over, and I expect it to be a quality staff.
Will be nice if he can recruit the kids on the current roster that can contribute, recruit the current commits to stay committed. And recruit the transfers and JuCo’s for next season. It doesn’t say the early signing period.
 
Fairfield_1st said:
I'm not going to pretend to know if Spanos is any good or not as I don't know enough, I'm just an armchair internet warrior who never played the game. To just look at the numbers may not be enough and, as we've all seen, stats can be made to say anything to support or disprove a point. With the offense often not on the field much, that puts more pressure on the D. Maybe we're young and inexperienced. Looking at the Clemson 2 deep, I see 2 freshman, 2 sophomores, 6 juniors and 1 senior. Not bad, but a couple young spots. The freshman are at the safety spot. Maybe the safeties coach or the linebackers coach or d-line coach stinks. I have no idea.
A long way of saying, if Mora knows Spanos and believes he's the right man for the job, who am I to say otherwise? I will trust his judgement until I have reason not to, like when we all soured on GDL and how most if not all of us feel about Giufre.
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His defense allowed 52 to Army's 2nd string Qb. It would have been 70+ if they didnt pull their starters in the 3rd. Youth and inexperience can only be an excuse for so long and we've heard that for yrs now. Can't wait to see what his defense does against Clemson.
 
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CL82 said:
I don’t know, I kind of feel like the state is owed a refund on some of these guys salaries, but that’s just me.
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Best response on this thread... hands down...
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New coach is with the team. 3 games to go for the existing staff most of whom will not be back. AWKWARD. Having coach Mora here now is a huge advantage to keeping remaining players and contacting verbal and new recruits so we are in a better position at the start of next year. I would like to see Coach King retained. But this is an interesting position for a new coach to be in. To say the least.
 
Regarding keeping the committed players; I can’t see how any recruit would not see this hirer as a very positive development. Getting to play for a big time coach at a school that just confirmed it’s commitment to making it work. Kids de commit for lots of reasons but this new coach should not be one of them. Also, in order to make room for transfers , coach may rescind a few.
 
DoctorWho85 said:
I throw in Texas and Georgia as well. And UConn has had a lot of luck in Canada so it would be worth to continue to look up north as well.
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I'm also going to see if we could keep recruiting Europe, too. And maybe Australia.

I know those area are not the best area for football, but why not? Maybe Mexico, too.
 
businesslawyer said:
One would have to believe in conspiracy theories to think Mora’s interest in UConn, or vice versa, wasn’t helped along by Spanos being in the middle. And unless Spanos is going from coaching to the priesthood, he didn’t get that ball rolling without thinking it was going to lead to him keeping his job. Res ipso loquitor is applicable here.

Don’t know what Mazzone is ready for at this point and what Mora thinks he needs, but certainly the fan base won’t have a problem with him being brought here in some capacity. Is it an OC or a non-coaching analyst, like he did this year? No idea.

Given the number of new hires Mora has to make, and the fact that he’s been out of coaching for four years, I don’t see why he wouldn’t keep Corey for one year and see if he’s a good fit for him or not. It would be a huge help in keeping this year’s recruits here, he demonstrated good recruiting skills and to me the benefits of his ties to this year’s class are worth the risk that Mora will determine he’s not a good fit to be the junior guy on the staff. And if he’s not a good fit, you replace him after next year.
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Bingo
 
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